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samnation 12/14/2015 3:49am
12/14/2015 3:49am
Verbl Kint wrote:
I wonder if Jared came in with enough time to provide rider input on the design of the all-new 2016 Enduro. Or will the first couple...
I wonder if Jared came in with enough time to provide rider input on the design of the all-new 2016 Enduro. Or will the first couple of races be the testbed for a prototype (a la Dan Atherton and the most recent Sanction)?
No where near enough time specialized has already built the bikes. The enduro is getting a rework as far as I know but it won't happen for next year.
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Oz_Taylor 12/14/2015 3:54am
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They should be able to alter a frame for him if necessary, like Gwin's cut and shut Demo he ran at the start of 2015.
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C1audio 12/14/2015 4:16am
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Did I miss something? Has it been confirmed that Graves is going to specialized?
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jfkusa 12/14/2015 4:21am
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C1audio wrote:
Did I miss something? Has it been confirmed that Graves is going to specialized?
Hasn't been officially confirmed but it has been mentioned multiple times in this thread.
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LCW 12/14/2015 4:37am
12/14/2015 4:37am
Can't even describe how bummed I am about this!!! Sad
We all saw it coming with the endless rumors but this truly sucks.
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Mitch63 12/14/2015 5:35am
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Loic on NS bikes.
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EddyDave 12/14/2015 5:55am
12/14/2015 5:55am
Mitch63 wrote:
Loic on NS bikes.
You hope? You know? You speculate?

I'd be genuinely impressed if this were true though!
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MSTRCHRS 12/14/2015 6:02am
12/14/2015 6:02am Edited Date/Time 12/14/2015 6:03am
Mitch63 wrote:
Loic on NS bikes.
EddyDave wrote:
You hope? You know? You speculate?

I'd be genuinely impressed if this were true though!
https://www.facebook.com/Downhill24hours/photos/a.325199514344191.10737…

he has been spotted on a ns

edit: it's a photoshoped picture -_-
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Mitch63 12/14/2015 6:36am
12/14/2015 6:36am
Hehe, I just wanted to see what kind of Havoc I could create. Sorry guys.
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kvnsimons 12/14/2015 7:55am
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It will be a bummer not to spot Graves around the Front Range and at Keystone. I hope Yeti can hold onto Richie, at least! As to riders doing both World Cup and EWS series, yeah...no way. The grind of doing EWS alone is too much. I'm sure a few guys are up for trying both, but I don't see that working out well. Twice as much money and time preparing for mid-pack results in both events, what's the point? Focus on one and do it well. If the events were off-season to one another, like cyclocross is to road-racing, you might have something, but racing both simultaneously...I don't think so.
dirty booger 12/14/2015 9:08am
12/14/2015 9:08am
Siick, can't wait to see Grubby ripping around the local trails. If Specialized is for sure that is.....

There will a new Enduro for MY2016 (new SJ last year, new Enduro this year). The new carbon frames usually start showing up for testing Dec/Jan.

If you live in the area, keep your eyes open for some new stealth black stuff under the Specialized guys.
UCSC, Demo, Nisene, Santa Teresa....cash bounty for spy pics!

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Primoz 12/14/2015 9:36am
12/14/2015 9:36am Edited Date/Time 12/14/2015 9:45am
There will be no new 2016 Enduro, at least not in the normal 2016 sense (they can do a mid-summer 2016 release of a 2016 model, as some people have done it, but that's more of a 2017 release in regards to other brands). The 2016 was shown at Eurobike and Interbike. Yeah, Specialized doesn't do these big shows any more if i'm not mistaken, but they should have shown the bikes until now already. The first orders are usual placed at the end of august, early september for the next year.

If there was a new 2016 Enduro, the first cross of bikes between full prototype and mass production (proto tools, mass production ready techniques) would have been on the trails early 2015 with a ramp up to be ready mid-summer. Plus, as has been said, all the component deals, factory preallocation, etc.

As has been said, the bikes are designed a few years in advance. The new for 2017 bikes in general are most likley in the polishing stages now with the core development going on for bikes released in 2018, 2019 or 2020. The 2020 bikes are probably just rough concepts at the moment. So Graves might have an input on the Enduro after the next one.

EDIT: the 2016 Enduros are already listed on the Specialized site (the air Öhlins shock and all), so yeah, a new Enduro will probably be a 2017 model.
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SharpieMTB 12/14/2015 9:44am
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A certain legendary US female has been seen on a new Intense M16C. Just sayin...
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sspomer 12/14/2015 9:52am
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SharpieMTB wrote:
A certain legendary US female has been seen on a new Intense M16C. Just sayin...
based on your location, i'll take Missy Giove for $800 please, Alex...errr That Norco Dude.
northwestdhdad 12/14/2015 10:07am
12/14/2015 10:07am
SharpieMTB wrote:
A certain legendary US female has been seen on a new Intense M16C. Just sayin...
A Shaun Palmer supported Missy Giove doesn't seem unrealistic.
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lister_yu 12/14/2015 10:38am
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SharpieMTB wrote:
A certain legendary US female has been seen on a new Intense M16C. Just sayin...
northwestdhdad wrote:
A Shaun Palmer supported Missy Giove doesn't seem unrealistic.
...and would be freaking awesome
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Salespunk 12/14/2015 11:10am
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I have heard both Specialized and Canyon for Loic and team, but Canyon is from a more reputable source. If they went to Spec Ed it wouldn't leave a lot of room for a certain World Cup champion, but YnoT?
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Big Bird 12/14/2015 3:50pm
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northwestdhdad wrote:
A Shaun Palmer supported Missy Giove doesn't seem unrealistic.
Not at all. I can't wait. To see what reality brings us. Even if she didn't do so well the stoke factor would be well worth it. She was ahead of her time. Perhaps her time is now?
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D.HILL 12/14/2015 4:30pm
12/14/2015 4:30pm
Saw George Brannigan on a Cube downhill bike yesterday in queenstown doing runs at the bike park
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Big Bird 12/14/2015 5:17pm
12/14/2015 5:17pm
Cube's from Andora? You learn something every day.
fabdemaere 12/14/2015 5:50pm
12/14/2015 5:50pm
I saw George going up the gondola with someone else (don't know who) yesterday.
Attache to the gondola was a Cube and a yellow high pivot point bike...
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Big Bird 12/14/2015 6:09pm
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Eyes on the ground and trails. You're the most important at this point. Speak up! If only through clouded eyes. Everyone else is closed lipped at this point in time and you're the only positive link at his point. I keep saying Point! Just do it! Give us the new knowledge! Eyes on the trail all!
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Big Bird 12/14/2015 6:29pm
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fabdemaere wrote:
I saw George going up the gondola with someone else (don't know who) yesterday. Attache to the gondola was a Cube and a yellow high pivot...
I saw George going up the gondola with someone else (don't know who) yesterday.
Attache to the gondola was a Cube and a yellow high pivot point bike...
High pivot point lover here. Do good.
Hristo_Tanev 12/14/2015 6:33pm
12/14/2015 6:33pm
fabdemaere wrote:
I saw George going up the gondola with someone else (don't know who) yesterday. Attache to the gondola was a Cube and a yellow high pivot...
I saw George going up the gondola with someone else (don't know who) yesterday.
Attache to the gondola was a Cube and a yellow high pivot point bike...
Big Bird wrote:
High pivot point lover here. Do good.
Bernard Kerr is there so he should be with the pivot bike.
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Verbl Kint 12/14/2015 7:11pm
12/14/2015 7:11pm
Jared Graves on SRAM is also a surprise to me, TBH.
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Eisma 12/14/2015 7:12pm
12/14/2015 7:12pm
Since it is official that Graves is leaving Yeti who will take his spot. To my knowledge Rude will stay with Yeti? I am sure it wont just be Rude on Yeti's team so who will be his teammate or teammates?

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